AI at work: Job cuts and tech leader opinions
Amazon recently announced to nearly 350,000 of its employees that they must either relocate to one of its main office hubs like Seattle, Arlington (Virginia), and Washington, D.C., or leave the company without receiving severance pay.
It is interesting to note how readily the company is willing to let go of employees simply to enforce a return to office-based work. However, this should not come as a surprise, given how Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has said time and again that AI adoption will reduce the company’s corporate workforce.
